Just a couple of observations…
1. It does not matter if very few of the individuals on either side are in 1/10 the physical condition of an Army Ranger or Navy Seal. It only takes a small percentage, maybe five percent of the population, to wage a successful revolution/civil war. The others will be non-combatants…and victims. Plus, “mercenaries” can be imported to fight for either side. We may be seeing some of that right now.
2. Whichever side you support, you better hope there is not a Civil War. America is already so depleted by its 16 years of misadventures in the Middle East, that any internal combat will weaken it to the point where foreign entities will swoop in, and conquer most of our country to take our resources, and eliminate us as a global force. Think China and/or the United Nations. All out nuclear war might prevent this. But that’s not too appealing either, is it?
Sucks, doesn’t it? How did our once great country get in this mess? I have my opinion, but the question could be debated infinitely. Whatever the answer, it does not alter the truth of the two points above.